doris DH and I have a similar view to you, but we're both come at from slightly different positions. Obviously mine is the right way 
We used to eat portions that were far too big for us which made us put on weight. Not terrible, but for vanity's sake, it was not what we wanted.
DH's approach is to have lots of animal protein and hardly any carbs, or none, if it was left up to him. Also animal protein in lean and boneless forms - steak, tuna steak, chicken breast - partly because he's lazy but partly because I think that some people really don't like bones. I suppose that's fair enough, though they are missing out on flavour.
He's also wary of stews. I don't know whether that's because he thinks they're cheap and mysteriously suspect or fat, and therefore, calorie-laden.
I cut down the amount of carbs I was eating - it was getting a bit stupid - but I'm not going to give them up, because I like them and also because an animal protein-heavy meal is really expensive. Though we can afford it, I think it's a waste of money and boring.
Plus, a protein-heavy diet doesn't half bung you up.
When we met, he was horrified by my use of left-overs and cooking techniques. I don't know why. I think he'd never cooked a thing that wasn't beans on toast or a ready meal so was cautious.
It's more than 20 years since the row over his chucking my lovingly-prepared stock down the sink because he had Bisto gravy granules but we still remember it. We laugh about it now. Actually, we don't. It was quite ferocious and some things are better left unsaid 
Anyway, these days he likes the odd leftover dish and can tolerate bones and shells if there's a strong overhead light.
He was a martyr to gout a few years ago - protein again? - but I was far too diplomatic to say so
Oh, and he does have a serious Haribo habit, so his body isn't that much of a temple. It's gelatine, isn't it? Maybe that's what aggravated his gout.